Author:
Thomas Rowlandson; Rudolph Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand [Napoleon Bonaparte; Regency caricature; Georgian London; auctions; auctioneering]
Publication details:
Pubd. December 25th. 1813 by R. Ackerman No 101 Strand'.
BM 12123. Landscape. On piece of paper roughly 245 x 375 mm. Dimensions of engraving roughly 220 x 330 mm. A good, complete image on lightly aged and spotted paper, with slight loss to the top left-hand corner of the margin and a few pin holes to the margins. Napoleon, in martial regalia, stands at the rostrum, gavel in hand, leaning on a piece of paper which says 'Speedily will be sold the Thirteen CANTONS OF SWITSERLAND'. Napoleon is saying 'What no bidding for the Crown of Spain There take the other crowns and lump them into one lot'. One of those present replies 'That a CROWN!
